Every day there's a new tool, a new model, a new workflow some influencer calls a must-have. So you consume more and more content about AI instead of putting it to use, always feeling one step behind. Or fifteen.
So you tool-hop. You start in ChatGPT, move to Claude, try NotebookLM, and now your thinking is scattered across a dozen chat logs you'll never find again. AI was supposed to organize your life. Instead it's one more pile of mess on top of the notebooks, sticky notes, and half-built systems you already had.
And underneath it, a quieter feeling you don't say out loud: I should have this figured out by now.
You're not the problem. The way most people are told to use AI is the problem. More tools and more choices were never going to fix a gap that's really about focus, consistency, and a clear place to put things.
At the start of each month, he runs a live session called Monthly with Tiago, where he kicks off the month’s theme and walks through what he's currently testing in his own work. You see his real workflows in progress, messy parts and all, so you can copy what works.
Each week, someone from our team leads a live Implementation Session built around the month's theme. You show up, you build, and you leave with a piece of your system working.
By the end of the month, the theme is running in your own setup, and you've got the muscle memory to do it again. We come back together to close out the month by sharing our specific lessons learned and wins.
Our members come from the world’s leading organizations
We choose each theme a month or two in advance, not a year out. That's deliberate. The tools change too fast for a fixed curriculum, so we stay close to what's useful now & what members are asking for.
Connectors are the nervous system of an AI Second Brain. They gather information from the world and feed it back in, so your system stays current without you copying and pasting all day. This month you'll set up the connections that keep your Second Brain fed automatically.
Anyone can capture more. The harder skill is capturing your best thinking, the views and instincts that make your work yours. This month you'll build a practice for catching your original ideas before they vanish, so you stand out instead of sounding like everyone else.
Themes may shift. We listen to members and adjust as we go.
Author & Creator of Building a Second Brain
Tiago has spent more than 10 years researching and personally experimenting with new ways to organize our digital lives and do better creative work.
What started as a way to manage a chronic illness became his life's work: helping you get the full value out of your own ideas.
Each month, he opens the theme with Monthly with Tiago, where he shares his current experiments in AI, digital productivity, and knowledge management in real time. It's the closest look you'll get at how he really works.
General Manager at Forte Labs
Julia's career spans project management in multinational organizations, freelancing, and now leading the team at Forte Labs. Having worked in 8 different countries, she understands how differently work gets done across corporate and entrepreneurial settings.
She's a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, so process and steady improvement are second nature to her. She started building her Second Brain in 2020 and has been part of this community ever since.
In the membership, Julia helps shape the monthly themes and keeps the experience focused on action.
Customer Success & Community Manager
Jen has lived and worked across the US, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe, which gave her a knack for meeting people where they are and bringing them into the work.
She started building her Second Brain in 2019, after a failed book project taught her that big ambitions need small, consistent steps. That lesson became six years of weekly letters, one bite-sized idea at a time.
Inside the membership, Jen leads the Weekly Implementation Sessions, where members work on their systems alongside other Second Brainers and leave with real progress on the month's theme.
The people who join consistently impress us. They share what's working in their AI setups, the prompts and workflows they've tuned, and the dead ends they've already hit so you don't have to. You'll get answers you'd never find in a tutorial.
You'll use AI to capture and sharpen your own thinking, the ideas and instincts that make your work yours, instead of cranking out generic content that sounds like everyone else. Your Second Brain stays unmistakably you.
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AI tells you what you want to hear, with total confidence, even when it's wrong. Here you can put your work in front of real people who'll tell you the truth.
A book or a ChatGPT subscription can't make you show up. A standing weekly session with other committed people can. The momentum of a room full of people building toward their own goals pulls you along with it.
You might be wondering: will this work for someone like me? Will I fit in?
Fair questions. What we want is for you to find a home here, a place to talk about knowledge management, AI, productivity, and the projects you care about with people who get it.
The membership draws an ambitious, curious crowd from all over the world, including:
You're running a lot with limited time. The membership helps you build systems that cut the busywork and put AI to work, so you can focus on what only you can do.
You want to stand out and lead. A well-run Second Brain, with AI built in, helps you manage knowledge, run projects, and make sharper decisions that get noticed.
You've got more ideas than finished projects. The membership helps you move from tinkering to shipping, with systems that catch your best thinking and carry it through to done.
You stay valuable by staying ahead. The membership keeps you current on the AI workflows and frameworks worth bringing to your clients.
Each month opens with the Monthly with Tiago live session, where he kicks off the month’s theme and walks through what he's currently testing in his own work. You see his real workflows in progress, messy parts and all, so you can copy what works.
From there, we host:
It's not for someone brand new to the idea of a Second Brain. This isn't a beginner course. We focus on putting an existing system to work and extending it, especially with AI. (New here? Start with the book or our self-paced course.)
It's also not for anyone who wants to be told exactly what to do and left alone. The membership runs on participation. You build, you share, you learn from what others are doing. The more you put in, the more you get back.
On Circle, a community platform that's also available as a mobile app for Apple and Android, so you can join sessions and conversations from anywhere. You'll get your login as soon as you sign up.
The quarterly membership renews every 3 months (90 days). The annual membership renews every 365 days. Both renew automatically until you cancel, and you'll get a reminder email 7 days before any renewal date. You can cancel at any time in your Circle account.
We want the membership to be reachable for a range of people. If you're a nonprofit or NGO employee, educator, student, retiree, or veteran, email support@fortelabs.com to ask about reduced pricing.
We also support Purchasing Power Parity pricing. Depending on where you are, you may see a banner with a coupon code on this page. (Turn off any VPN, or the banner won't show.)
We don't offer refunds for the Second Brain Membership.
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Think about the ideas you've had this year that went nowhere. Not because they were bad, but because there was no system to catch them and no rhythm to carry them forward.
Now picture the opposite. A Second Brain you trust. AI that knows how you work. A clear thing to build each month, and people building alongside you.
That's what the membership is for. You don't have to figure it out alone.
